Me: Why did you choose this topic? Son: Baba Fateh Singh was the same age as me and he was so brave. Me: How did he become so brave? Son: He sang Sabad and loved Guru ji. Me: How do you know he loved Guru ji? Son: Because he always followed Guru’s Teachings.

When a young Singh complained to Giani Sukha about the lack of inspiration for the youth at his local Gurdwara, Giani Sukha asked him a simple question. What are you doing to inspire? What happened next no one expected.

Perhaps, today, there is an important lesson to be learnt from that incident: that the Sikh response to every situation has to be reasonable, informative and lawful. That has been the Sikh tradition...

Sadly, sexual abuse is a reality many people face, including children. In the United States, about one in 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday, and 30% of these children are sexually abused by family members.